[Ads-l] "repenetant"

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Fri Aug 19 14:18:42 UTC 2016


Are self-indulgences available at reduced cost?

LH

P.S.  And yes, I think we've all been assuming a blend of "penitent" and "repentant".  But still fun to play with.

> On Aug 19, 2016, at 7:33 AM, Berson at att.net <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
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> Ryan Lochte needs one.
> Joel
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> ------ Original message------From: Herb StahlkeDate: Thu, Aug 18, 2016 9:17 PMTo: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU;Subject:Re: [ADS-L] "repenetant"
> Larry, are you actually pushing indulgences?On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:> > On Aug 18, 2016, at 7:19 PM, Joel Berson  wrote:> >> > In an interview on CNN today around 4:25 PM, Liegh Steinberg, a "sports> agent and attorney", said it was crucial that Ryan Lochte be "repenetant"> about his early-morning encounter with a gas station in Rio.> >> > Joel> >> 99 actual ghits for this (and I didn't check alternate trisyllabic> spellings).  It's not enough to be penitent anymore, you need to be> repenetant.  Inflation strikes again.  Maybe it's safer to be prepenitent> to get it out of the way.>> LH> ------------------------------------------------------------> The American Dialect Society - https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.americandialect.org&d=CwIGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=Yakrve8xfGECdD9Jh-GOznWxNgn-66VQnKQWxVtd8QE&s=F2srdaBsZXCzMKZtFjjSUNVqRxC5kmno2NZ6ntu3abM&e= >------------------------------------------------------------The American Dialect Society - https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.americandialect.org&d=CwIGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsSxPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=Yakrve8xfGECdD9Jh-GOznWxNgn-66VQnKQWxVtd8QE&s=F2srdaBsZXCzMKZtFjjSUNVqRxC5kmno2NZ6ntu3abM&e= 
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